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ROCKDALE COUNTY, Ga. - Nearly six months after the chemical fire at the BioLab in Rockdale County, a community-led group is working to study the long-term effects. The backstory: ...
A fire at a BioLab industrial building shrouded neighborhoods in chemical smoke for days, forcing thousands of evacuations and keeping kids out of school for weeks. Now, Rockdale County is trying ...
During a Sept. 29 press conference, Rockdale County Fire Rescue Chief Marian McDaniel said there had been a sprinkler head malfunction, and that a "water-reactive chemical" caused a "plume." ...
CONYERS, Ga. - Rockdale County is launching a federal lawsuit against BioLab, declaring the company a public nuisance after a massive fire at its Conyers plant sent plumes of chemicals into the ...
ATLANTA - Dozens of residents from Rockdale County spoke out Tuesday, urging state legislators to take immediate action following a fire at the BioLab chemical plant in Conyers that released ...
CONYERS, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Residents in Rockdale County had to shelter in place and thousands evacuated after an incident at a chemical facility Sunday morning. The smell of chlorine is ...
The fire, which was caused by a malfunctioning sprinkler, resulted in an evacuation order for 17,000 people, a shelter-in-place advisory for all 90,000 residents of Rockdale County and several ...
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — People in multiple counties are now reporting a chlorine smell and smoke spreading after a chemical plant fire in Rockdale County. A fire broke out Sunday morning at the ...